Scientists have discovered a direct cause-and-effect link between faulty mitochondria and the memory loss seen in ...

To map the mammalian brain and its various functions with increasing precision, neuroscientists rely on high-resolution ...

A new study reveals that oxytocin’s ability to enhance social behavior depends heavily on the recipient’s motivation.

Owen, now at Western University in London, Canada, and his colleagues had introduced a new way to test for consciousness.

University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led research has found stress-controlling brain cells switch on and off in a steady ...

Most food-dye molecules are too large to cross the blood brain barrier and do not affect brain function. The toxicity of food ...

Just a few days after scientists announced we're at a pivotal tipping point in Alzheimer's disease research, a team has made ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led research has found stress-controlling brain cells switch on and off in a ...

A new study reveals that the brain’s basal ganglia use two distinct neural “languages” to control movement — one for learned skills and another for innate behaviors.

Otago researchers found that stress-controlling CRH neurons in the brain switch on and off every hour, even without stress.

A new Neuron meta-analysis suggests brains operate at a “critical point” between chaos and order—optimizing memory, learning, ...

A University of Wyoming researcher led a study that used mice to show that social hierarchy involves status-dependent ...